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LordConnecticut t1_j1gasn4 wrote

Reply to comment by eddie964 in Eversource says CT power outages 'will not be a quick fix': Live updates by Toybasher

I understand what you’re saying, but you’re either too young to remember or have forgotten that 20 or more years ago, restoration for similar storms with similar amounts of outages took several hours to days at most, not weeks.

There is no guesswork here. It’s not conjecture. We have seen better in this state and it’s a direct comparison to past recoveries.

You’re using a baseline that is also shit. You’re assuming the restoration plan was “good enough”. There are no diminishing returns lmao. Line workers don’t become less productive the more of them there are.

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eddie964 t1_j1gbw8t wrote

Categorically not true. Hurricane Gloria took well over a week to restore. And having lots of crews on the ground is just a waste of money until you can get them to the damage sites and know where to send them.

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LordConnecticut t1_j1gshfz wrote

Yes that’s right, it was the longest outage to date at that point. Strangely, it wasn’t until the 2010s when there was another outage that long, and then there were several in a row….

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